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To the north of Tiedan City, to the east from the port on the river bank, more than two hundred miles away, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Gan Ziqi commanded a navy of 50,000 seal battalions, carrying 30,000 steel sword battalion cavalry, and thousands of warships in total.
The ship came with a strong wind and approached Tiedan City.
According to the strategic plan set by Wang Junlin, today is the day when the Seal Battalion and the Steel Saber Battalion launch their troops against Danyang County.
The Seal Battalion and the 30,000-strong Steel Knife Battalion they were pulling would sail upstream from the Yangtze River estuary and land on the beach near Iron Dan City.
Tiedan City is only two hundred miles away from Danyang County. The fall of Tiedan City will definitely shock the Yuwen clan. The game is about time difference, which is actually a blitzkrieg.
Seven years ago, Wang Junlin subdued hundreds of overseas pirates, including Gan Ziqi, for his own use. The number of pirates gathered at that time was a hundred thousand, but in the past six years, these pirates have all passed by Snake Island in batches.
It has been completely digested and has become a real elite unit of the Far East Army. However, after several years of attrition and elimination, there are only 80,000 people left in the SEAL Battalion today.
This time Gan Ziqi only brought out 50,000 troops according to the king's order, and there were also 30,000 naval troops stationed on overseas islands.
But together with the 30,000 troops of the Gangdao Battalion, this time Wang Junlin took action in the south of the Yangtze River. Not counting Huang Shaoqiu's 50,000 navy troops, there were 80,000 troops dispatched here.
Thousands of warships carrying 80,000 troops may still be a small drop in the ocean on the boundless sea, but after entering the Yangtze River, the overwhelming number of ships almost obscured the river.
Standing on the tall command ship of the Seal, which had a total of 10,000 materials, Gan Ziqi was in high spirits. He was full of confidence in the strategic goals of the trip.
Except for Xiao Zhan's Liang State, which had 50,000 naval forces, the other forces in the south of the Yangtze River did not have more than 10,000 naval forces at all, and they did not have much power to fight back against any navy of the Far Eastern Army.
Therefore, when the Seal Camp Marine Division appeared on the Yangtze River, the whole process was truly like entering an uninhabited land.
Since the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, in the Yangtze River Basin, except for a small number of water pirates who have been kings and hegemons in the Yangtze River and have entered villages to plunder and rob, no army from the sea has ever entered the Yangtze River to attack ports along the Yangtze River and then attack cities.
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Therefore, although Yuwen Zhiji had been alert to the Far Eastern Army troops on land in Yangzhou County and Dongyang County because Wang Jun came to Yangzhou, he had not really thought about the navy coming from the sea, so he naturally did not have much vigilance and precautions.
"Instruct the entire army, with the entire navy as the vanguard, to approach with giant trebuchets for long-range attacks, cover the landing of the Steel Knife Battalion and seize the beachhead position, and attack the enemy's defense line outside the city as quickly as possible.
"As you command!"
On the other side, Wei Dao'er also gave instructions to his men: "Send an order to all the capitals. After we take down the defense line outside the city, we don't have to rush to attack the city first. We must first penetrate inside immediately and cut off the communication and channels between Tiedan City and the outside world.
, especially the connection with Danyang County City, and then attack the city. Of course, if the enemy is stupid enough not to close the city gate, he will naturally seize the opportunity to rush into the city."
"yes!"
One order after another was quickly transmitted to each warship through semaphore, and then each captain issued the order again layer by layer.
"Instruct all warships to advance at full speed. Two hours later
, launched an attack on the port of Tiedan City." Gan Ziqi pointed the long knife in the direction of Danyang County, and couldn't help thinking to himself: "I have been fighting pirates overseas, fighting Koreans, escorting overseas trade routes, and watching the prince unify.
The war in the world has been going on for several years, and I have never had the opportunity to make a great contribution. I must seize this opportunity and fight this battle beautifully."
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He Sansheng is an ordinary fisherman in Danyang County. He owns a fishing boat full of materials. Although it is not a busy fishing season, in order to make a living, the family of three almost lives on the boat and is on the river every day.
Although there are a lot of fresh fish in the Yangtze River, there are also many fishing boats and fishermen who rely on the river to make a living. They often have disputes and even fights over the turf land on the river.
Moreover, the species of fish in the shallow waters of the river are relatively common, and it is difficult to sell them at a good price. Only by sailing the boat to the depths of the river near the center can you find good fish and sell them at a good price.
During this New Year, life has become increasingly difficult. Although droughts, locust plagues, and wars have not affected Danyang County in recent years, because the Yuwen family controls Danyang County, they can raise 80,000 horses in one county, and the Yuwen family
In order to win over the nobles and big landowners in Danyang County, they did not pay much attention to the people's livelihood.
This inevitably caused the taxes on the people of Danyang County to increase two or three times in just a few years, which was even worse than when the Sui Dynasty invaded Goguryeo.
Especially recently, the Yuwen family has just added a war tax, which has almost forced poor people like He Sansheng to a dead end.
While He Sansheng was fishing with his son, he thought that after working hard day and night to catch fish for a month, it was not enough to pay the war tax. He couldn't help but sigh and murmured to himself: "In this world, it's really...
Let the poor have no way to live.”
"Dad, I heard that the people under the rule of Prince Qin An lived a very good life. The people had white-flour steamed buns to eat every day and were well fed. A few years ago, before the dog emperor of the Sui Dynasty died, people in Shandong were affected by disasters. The court and the
The emperor not only ignored them, but also rushed to Fanyang County. As a result, all the people who came to Fanyang County were given food and fields by Prince Qin An, and now they are living very well!"
He Sansheng sighed again and said: "Fan Yang is too far away from us, otherwise it would be good for our family to move there. Forget it, let's not talk about it. Our master Liang's trip today is really not in vain!"
The son looked at the fish cabin full of all kinds of rare fish and smiled from ear to ear. "These fish can be sold for at least one tael of silver when they are landed."
But the son still wanted to continue this topic and said: "Dad, Fanyang County is far away from us, but I heard that Yangzhou County and Dongyang County next door are actually controlled by King Qin An's army. I also heard that King Qin An has also
When we come to Yangzhou, why don’t our family secretly go to Yangzhou at night! Life here in Danyang County is really unbearable."
When He Sansheng heard this, he instinctively looked around a few times. He remembered that he was on the river and was not afraid of others hearing him. Then he whispered: "My dear! Your father and I have also thought of this idea, but this is not the case."
I heard it from hearsay. Who knows if it is true. If we go to Yangzhou and it is not the territory of King Qin An, it is probably the same as here in Danyang County. At least we have a home here. If we go to Yangzhou
We are really like refugees over there, and anyone can bully us."
"Alas! I really hope that the Far East Army can
Come to Danyang County as soon as possible and kill the Yuwen family..." He Sansheng looked angry.
"Dad!" Before He Sansheng could finish his words, his son suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance with a dumbfounded look on his face. He raised his finger and pointed and said, "Many boats!"
He Sansheng was startled for a moment, put away the fishing net, and suddenly turned around. Suddenly, a dense number of ships appeared on the water surface of the river, sailing towards this side at an extremely fast speed.
The ship on the river came closer, and He Sansheng's expression changed drastically. He saw the military flag flying on the other side's ship. But this was not important. What was important was that they were on the route in the direction they were traveling.
"Where did the navy come from?" the son said blankly.
He Sansheng took up the oar and shouted at the top of his lungs: "What are you waiting for? Row the boat quickly, row to one side, don't block their front!"
Only then did the son realize, and together with He Sansheng, they rowed the fishing boat desperately. Fortunately, they were right next to it and quickly rowed out of the dangerous area, otherwise their boat would definitely be smashed into pieces.
No one from the SEAL battalion of the Far Eastern Army noticed that there was a very small fishing boat beside them trying to stay away from them. Even if someone saw it, they didn't bother to pay attention to it.
More than ten miles away from the river, they could already clearly see the Tiedan City port with their binoculars. Gan Ziqi, who was standing on the Seal, could even clearly see the chaos in the port with his binoculars, but there was no water.
Division battleships and land forces are stationed here.
Not long after, there was no one on the dock, and there was no armed defense. The long-range suppression attack prepared by the SEAL Navy to cover the landing attack of the Steel Knife Battalion was completely useless.
The troop transport ship successfully arrived at the shore. The ten-meter-wide springboard was pushed out of the ship amidst the shouts of the SEAL battalion soldiers. When it landed on the ground, the sound of war horses neighing sounded. The cavalry of the Steel Knife Battalion, who had been preparing for a long time,
Under the leadership of Wei Dao'er, they jumped out of the ship, rushed ashore with their swords brandished, and rushed straight towards Tiedan City.
The iron hooves clanked, beating on the stone floor of the port, and the cavalry galloped past, rushing towards the north gate of Tiedan City, which had not received any news more than ten miles away.
When the 30,000 cavalrymen of the Steel Knife Battalion disembarked one after another, they overtook the people who had fled and ran towards Tiedan City at the fastest speed. When they appeared outside Tiedan City, there was still a bustle of traffic in front of the bustling Iron Dan City gate.
Many people lined up waiting to enter the city.
When the 30,000 cavalry were four or five miles away, the people at the city gate and the officers and soldiers guarding the city felt the ground shaking and were shocked. When they wanted to close the city gate, suddenly someone among the people lining up in front of the gate shouted: "The bandits are coming."
Got it!"
Then all the people reacted and rushed into the city with all their strength. The four or five tax-collecting officers and soldiers were rushed aside. Amidst the chaos, four or five muffled groans were heard from the Iron Dan City.
However, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate had been killed by the masters of the Military Intelligence Agency who were among them.
Hundreds of soldiers guarding the city gates in the squad rooms on both sides rushed out of the house in panic, but were blocked by many people who ran towards the city in chaos.
When they finally cut down some civilians and fought their way to the city gate, the 30,000-strong Iron Cavalry from outside the city had already rushed over like a torrent of steel.
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